Gordon Arnaut wrote:

It is a fact that there have been catastrophic structural failures on
homebuilt wooden airframes. That's not to say that those accidents were
caused by wood damaged in transit. In some cases, accident investigators
have been able to pinpoint the cause of the failure -- and compression
failure in wood members has been one such cause, as have other things, like
improper techniques, materials, etc.

Can you cite a few? I don't remember of any and I've read many accident
reports over the years.


Matt